Hiking in Petra
There are several hiking trails in the ancient city of Petra. In fact, hiking is the main activity here if you want to see the most beautiful and breathtaking spots. You can use a camel, horse or donkey on certain parts of the Main trail and the Ad-Deir trail. The government has taken many measures to improve the living conditions of the animals. So using this alternative transportation no longer means you are contributing to perpetuating animal abuse. Notwithstanding this, we ourselves are not big fans. We saw families using a donkey to give their little ones some relief on the tough parts of the trail, which we understand perfectly! But we equally saw donkeys weighed down by the weight of some hefty tourists, and clearly no one got any happier from that.... The price of a horse, donkey or camel ride? That depends entirely on your own negotiating skills!
